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"The Wrestler" (quality rating: 9 out of 10)Director: Darren AronofskyScreenplay: Robert SiegelCast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel WoodTime: 1 hr., 45 min.Rating: R (violence, sexuality, vulgarity, nudity, some drug use)Wow. Imaginative...

2008 was a great year for movies and they managed to rake in millions for the box office considering the current economic situation. We had the likes of The Dark Knight and Cloverfield not to mention many more. But what does 2009 hold in store for...

Tom Hanks is no Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise; he lacks the physical attractiveness that has catapulted those two stars (and most of the other actors in Hollywood) to fame. Instead, Hanks is just the guy next door, somebody you'd really like to sit down...

For a while back in the 1990s, Julia Roberts embodied everything that every woman in America wanted to be. She was sassy, yet refined, beautiful yet down to earth, and fun yet tranquil. Indeed, she's still on the scene, but it would seem that...

Brad Pitt is arguably Hollywood's hunkiest actor, and women have been swooning over his feature films for more than 20 years. It's hard to believe, but Mr. Pitt is actually 45 years old! He's got a body that most men a couple of decades younger...

"Frost/Nixon" (quality rating: 9 out of 10)Director: Ron HowardScreenplay: Peter Morgan, based on his playCast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Rebecca HallRating: R (many sex references)Time: 2 hr., 2 min.Tight, compact history in riveting,...

In the popular romantic comedy, "Miss Congeniality," Sandra Bullock plays Gracie Hart, an awkward and unrefined FBI field agent forced into an extreme makeover against her wishes. During her undercover assignment with the Miss United States...

The Camera Never Lies - How to Get Your Face Out There: An Interview with Brenna McDonough, Author of "You Can Work On Camera"Q: What kind of and how much on-camera work is available in the Washington, D.C., Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia...

Now is a great time to go to the movies. In the last weeks of 2008, the Hollywood studios released their best pictures of the year so that these films would be uppermost in people's minds during the awards season, which is already under way. These...

BOTTOM LINE: Despite some riveting performances from both Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, this screen translation of the stage play of the same name barely registers as a film experience, with a slow pace, boring and static visuals,...